Kanji 坑: "pit, hole"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 坑

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 坑こう道どうtunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft
• 坑こうpit (esp. of a mine)
• 廃はい坑こうclosure of a mine; abandoned mine; disused mine
• 坑こう夫ふminer
• 坑こう夫ふThe Miner (1908 novel by Natsume Sōseki)
• 坑こう内ないwithin a pit or (mine) shaft
• 坑こう口こうpithead; minehead
• 立たて坑こうshaft (e.g. in a mine); pit
• 横よこ坑こうadit
• 入にゅう坑こうentrance into drift or pit
• 鉱こう坑こうshaft; mine; pit
• 焚ふん書しょ坑こう儒じゅburning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive (Qin dynasty thought suppression campaign)

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